For the last several years, the last page of the intake form at our clinic has written on it, “Have you experienced any major traumas?” Interestingly enough the most common response to that question is no. The next most common response is the notating of a motor vehicle collision. Following that is a response detailing […]
Tag: pain
The Cure for Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a complex and multi-faceted disorder. In treating patients over the years who've come into the office with this diagnosis, I have observed a wide variety in the signs and symptoms that get lumped under this label. Helping these patients takes considerable clinical discernment as there is no single presentation (and therefore treatment) that […]
Stress, Sugar, Sleep, and Your Adrenals
One uncompromising axiom of cheap medicine is less stress and more sleep, and the two are very much related. The topic of sleep will require multiple blog posts to cover but we can begin by talking about adrenal health and how weak adrenals set the stage for poor sleep, chronic inflammation, fatigue, and pain. Researcher […]
Osteoarthritis Part 1: Wear, Tear and No Repair
One of the most common and debilitating conditions is late-stage arthritis. Osteoarthritis is defined as a degeneration of the joints causing stiffness, pain, and deformity and is differentiated from rheumatoid arthritis (an autoimmune type) and psoriatic arthritis (which occurs alongside the skin condition psoriasis). Osteoarthritis itself can further be broken down into several distinct disease […]
Heat or Ice?
One item of contention between practitioners of Western and Eastern medicine is whether to use heat or ice on an area of pain. Whether the pain be acute or chronic, the standard line from most chiropractors, physical therapists, and doctors is to put ice on the affected area. We are told that cold reduces swelling […]
Three Kinds of Pain
Pain is a sensory phenomena. Irrespective of its cause, pain is a message, mediated by the nervous system to relay information about the state of the body. Simply put, pain is the body’s way of communicating to us that something is wrong. Since your body doesn’t speak english (or any other language for that matter) […]
Treating Neurogenic Pain
Of the three kinds of pain detailed in the last post, neurogenic pain is perhaps the least understood. The data we have gleaned from neuroscience tells an interesting story about both the complexity and plasticity of the human brain. The central nervous system is capable of a multitude of strange and unusual phenomena, from a […]
Home Remedy: Gut Remodeling
“All disease begins in the gut.” These famous words spoken by Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, are more important than ever for us to observe. Gut integrity and the health of the microbiome determine how our internal world is influenced by the external world. The gut processes food and drink into the building blocks […]
Back Pain
Of all the visits to healthcare practitioners that treat acute and chronic pain, back pain tops the charts. Spine surgery has become a specialty within a specialty and chiropractic care is one of the fastest growing modalities of medicine. It is estimated that 80% of us will suffer from some form of back pain during […]
The Art of Medicine
In consulting with a new patient, the seasoned practitioner of holistic medicine will often have a clear sense of the course of treatment needed to help the patient. Time and experience are our best teachers in this regard. The real challenge in medicine is not simply the conveyance of information but in empowering a patient […]